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The Blasphemer (2010)

by Nigel Farndale(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385617798 (ISBN13: 9780385617796)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: With it's parallel narratives, World War I trench and battle descriptions, and long discussions on faith and religion between characters, "The Blasphemer" is not an easy read. While I enjoyed the novel, the contemporary storyline was not what I thought it would be. A vividly described plane crash leads to a miles long swim toward the Galápagos Islands, which I thought meant an adventure survival story. Instead the plot is in the aftermath, as atheist Daniel Kennedy returns to London and copes with the post-traumatic strain on his common-law relationship, is blithely unaware of the Machiavellian machinations of a colleague, and befriends a man under watch by an anti-terrorist force. Despite some dull bits in the middle, this is a highly satisfactory book, and a great choic... moree for bookclubs.
review 2: I loved the First World War plot in this book, but some of the other plot lines just didn't ring true. Nor were the complex strands of the story resolved by the end of the book- it feels like the author just got to a certain stage and decided to wrap everything up without giving any real thought about how to do so. The rest of the book is so promising that the ending just makes the book seem unfinished. Nevertheless, I'm still thinking about this book a week after having finished it and will definitely read more by this author. less

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